Telegram-herald., 1887-07-16
THE LAST OF EARTH
IRIS FUNERAL or NELLIE SMITH.
IA Esaaent ssrua0a By Rev. koberts-Hs
Poiafs a Moral From ner Life-tts
Arrangement o. the 60oSy
coed - ia society.


were unable 10 GET inside the house aud
couple Of hundred people stood outside for
over an hour during the services. The
three sisters Of the deceased. her son Eddie
q number OF W. &. T. L. ladies. several
prominent citizens and large spflnkiing
OF The demi monde were present and an
air 81 sadness supsroeded the life Of gayety
which had oncs held fall sway beneath the
rcof Many Tears we're she'd and durng
the remarks OF Rev }. T.. Roberts, there
was not dry eye among the fallen sister
hood.
Ihs Reverend gentleman read
ieS passages Of scripture and then
drew a moral from the sad scene
before him. hls remarks were
such as 10 leave lasting remembrance in
the minds OF al who were present, and his
elOquence Impressed everyone with his SIN
centY. he said: Life is mystery. from
whence We come no one knOweth, whittier
We 20 is one cf natures profound secrets.
We open our eyes on ife and see about rs
the beauties, gladness, pain and sorrow OF
this world ali OF which are allotted 10 Us as
yOyagers on the great sea. Our lives are as
islands ia the sea OF time, each one OF us
lills our allotted space and then departs,
and the leaving OF things earthly IS ss mys-
ierious a. any part of our existence. There
are none of us who can solve the mystery.
None of us can tell what influence guides
our footsteps. No human pen can cor
rectly write the lffe of any person, revealing
the currents that sweep us along. some
one way, some the other, or tell
the causes that ultimately bring about
the great alter results. We know not what
seeds OF sadness, or what germs Of hapli-
ness we have sowed. but when the harvest
comes we al! reap the results OF these un-
known influences. Society, that great bond
that influences the world, IS strange corn-
bination, but some day when the balance
is struck then will be seen who are the just
and who the unjust.
There was once woman in France, left
alone in the wo. Id by the death Of her hus-
band 10 care for herself aud little one by
the hard earnings of her hands. She toiled
with her needle increasingly, but the wolf
would creep closer, aud at last, reduced TO
absolute starvation seeing her child DIVING
in her arms from hunger and cold, refused
relief By society aud comfort from those
high up in lifes levels she became an oat-
cast, not for her OWL sake, not TO preserve
her own life, but that the child she loved as
only mother can love, might live. That
poor woman could mol have been all bad
praved When she died the angels above
looked down, and knowing her history and
the impulses that led her from the path OF
virtue the stain became but the Hover OF
purity. aud as they wept as she approached
The peariy gates | firmly believe that their
tears washed away her sins. We may pass
ordinances and enact laws. maintain large
police forces and conduct raids, but that
Is not reformation and does not bring
about the desired object. We might just as
well scatter fire brands around city as to
iaunt before the people the poor unfortu-
mates. What we need is a stronger faith,
not in God, but in common humanity. |
do not believe that any man or any woman
ever becomes completely lost TO good. They
retain some virtue, some good trait, which
redeens them in the eyes OF the world.
There is no life in which the last spark of
goodness mas gone. Take the life of this
woman, who now lies dead before US. Ii
a little child came crying To her door at
night, cold from storm and weak rom ex-
poSure or hunger, Sue opened wide the
aperture and took her in. If she was cold
she warmed her; if she was hungry she fed
her and renderlv cared for her until day
light. II she came to your house, or TO
mlne what would we do We would ring for
the patrol wagon and have her .aken TO the
L. g. A Home believe that the best
sentimentslities are never crushed and IL >.
these wounded feet might show us how 10
act in a true Christian spirit toward those
who were in distress. Ii you will follow
this womsn's career you will find in many
places tie marxs of sorrow and sadness
which lead 10 a resting place in Heaven IL
is not for me To justifv any wrong or to
apologize for any vaywardness. but there
are many whom this world calls good aud
who appear TO he upright aud precise, yet
when the final adjustment OF the heavenly
balances are struck they will find those
whom the world looked upon a. accursed
higher I'D aud nearer the mercy seat than
themselves. Those pure people who looked
down upon the fallen have never known
Temptation, have Devcr stood upon the grid
iron OF the devil, fighting the flames OF the
tempter of desire and impulse.
II the truth were known those whose
lives were saGdest would probably have been
glad TO have climbed the stairways Of virtue
aud happiness. Many causes can re assigned
for a change IN that course and when they
become lowered in the scale of society tue
only way to escape The iron n-banded tyranny
which holds them down, is death and thus
be brought closer 10 the Infinite Father and
the door will not be closed in their face.
The time will come, ! hope, when The best
men and the best Homen or tins land will
not hesitate to 90 among the outcast and
assist them waen they are suffering. We
must help those who are fallen and extend
helping hand to those who are struggling
TO be saved. By Hfling ourselves in insg
ination above those Who may have fallen.
We are largely instrumental in making
outcasts OF those who have taken their first
step But few Of the fallen ones find con-
tentment in their life they would DE better
men and women If they cOuld. but without
helping hand they are lost. Society frowns
down on them. Society is largely to blame
for their position.
At the conclusion Of the remarks an op-
portanity was given those present 20 view
the remains and Mrs. Whitney. Of Hastings.
sister Of he deceased, became hystericsl and
cried aloud. God rest her soul God bless
you. Ellen. knox you are IN heaven. /
haze PRAYED tor this NJ prayers are ans
weld I loved yOu. Ellen, ! prayed for
you. I know you are in heaven She was
carried awsv from the coffin while nearly
every o8e present vspt and cried anew a.
the demonstration
The remains were followed to the VALLEY
City Cemetery By hfsee1 carriages. snd st
the grave Rev. Roberts made ies remarks
in watch - took oocssion 70 say This j.
conseerated ground Cousecrste6 by God
whose beautiful iowers. nurtured bV tae
tear drops Of Heaven, make the spot al
that i tesutifGl and hall0wed. In this
ground "a placed all that is mortal Of The
one We loved. sod the new made mound
viii be al that is iefe of her save the mem
orv Of her good deeds for with the crave
should ~ buried the rsrneuabrsn OF al
save thar which was pure and good.